Macro questions from a new multiboxer.. dk+4xshamm

[wladq]

First of, i wanted to thank you for all the posts, i've been reading them for the past few days and got some macros working already.

Team: 1x Death Knight (tank), 4x Shaman

Using last version of keyclone

I'm using the 'focus' method - the 'leader' is the focus and the rest follow him and use him as targeting aid, so i can help a friend sometimes (just set focus to him and be done with it)

Made macros to
- follow focus
- focus-heal focus (lesser healing)
- heal party (chain-heal with base target being 'player')
- managed to make my life alot easier with two macros: target the focus'es target + interact with target (for looting, meelee-ing, questing) - did i say thank you? Macro and button binding inspired from here
- totem dropping and recalling
- formation with binding a key to strafe left/strafe right/back/forward

Also installed Jamba for party and other stuff.

If it's important - I'm doing this on a private server (version 3.3.3, otherwise identical to blizzard server) to get a taste of what multiboxing is - i plan to play around with it for a month and then make the jump on the official servers



For simplicity
- master = death knight
- slave = 4xshamans


Question #1
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I've bound the keys
- Z - slave targets the focus'es (master) target
- X - 'slave' attacks its current target
- K - interact with target

Right now i'm using Z,K for quests and it's ok, two keypresses is not much. The issue is in the middle of a fight selecting a target on master and then pressing once Z and X is

Is there a way for a macro to do this..

if no target, or target dead, target the focuses target
else
  do nothing

;; ill add here the dps macro here

Question #2
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Is there a way to sync macros between characters on different accounts?

[more to come soon, i'm sure]

P.s. just noticed that if i target a monster and press 'interact with target' the slaves will melee that target - that's fun to watch , might make a hunter + 4 feral druids just for the fun of how it looks

[wladq]

Question #3 (keyclone/windows related)
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I'm using 2 monitors, M#1 for 4 slave, M#2 for master, using the keyclone maximizer function (fancy way of saying auto-arrange windows from what i see?)

Q#3: is there a small software to zoom the area around the cursor? The Magnifier from windows 7 does not work (shows black screen over the wow's windows)

[Ualaa]

Keyclone was a decent software to get started boxing with. I'd take a hard look at a stronger boxing software, as it will open a lot more options for you. At the moment, the top software options are: Game Commander Pro, Hot Key Net (HKN), IS Boxer, and Pwnboxer.

If mouse broadcasting is important, I'd take a hard look at HKN/IS:Boxer, because you can enable mouse broadcasting to auto enable when you push a given hotkey, and to auto disable after your click (useful for Blizzard, Hurricane, Death & Decay, Treants, etc). Also the mouse broadcasting can be set to auto enable (and send to the targets of your choice) when within a specific area on the screen (which is probably the easiest way to heal a team, in conjunction with say Healbot or Vuhdo).

Of these, I've only used Keyclone and IS Boxer (this is my recommendation), but take a look at each option, for example Pwnboxer has a zoom feature (Question 3) which I don't believe any of the other boxing software options provide.

In addition to multiboxing.com, there is also dual -minus- boxing -dot- com (no spaces), but the two sites don't like each other; links to dual-boxing are broken here, while multiboxing/pwnboxer related stuff is censored/removed there. I would recommend against mentioning private servers anywhere, as those violate the terms of service, and macros can be constructed for any play environment without needing to know that you play elsewhere.



Possibly, something like:
/stopmacro [nodead]
/target [target=FocusTarget]




I will usually write macros in a wordpad document. Then use copy/paste, to get them into game, pasting in each window in turn.

If it is a function like FOLLOW (/Follow [Target=Focus]), I'd paste it into general macros so everyone on the account can use it. If it is toon/team specific, then I'd paste into the character specific tab, so as to not clutter the account accessible macros.

[wladq]

Question #4
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Optimizing slaves for minimum cpu/gfx since im running 5 copies on one 4-year old machine and want one of them to be able to run at maximum

"Master" is just limited to ~35-50 fps

- Addon: CT_Viewport - minimum view area (around 300x300 px)
- Addon: Leatrix_Gfx - set maximum fps to 10 on active, 5 on inactive
- Keyclone config: maxfpsbk 5, maxfps 0

Are there any other options ?

[wladq]

Originally Posted by Ualaa

I would recommend against mentioning private servers anywhere, as those violate the terms of service, and macros can be constructed for any play environment without needing to know that you play elsewhere.

I'm doing just a test to see if the time and money are worth investing into this, don't want to buy 4 more full wows (and a pc with a better gpu) just to be bored or annoyed after a week or a month. I still play on official and have two accounts there (one for me one for a good friend that had an accident and will stay in bed for a few years), so it's not like i'm cheating blizzard out of money. On the other hand i'm not too keen to throw money out the window for nothing...

Originally Posted by Ualaa

Possibly, something like:
/stopmacro [nodead]
/target [target=FocusTarget]

Won't this change my target if i have one already? I was thinking something like (After seiing your macro)

/stopmacro [havetarget]

[wladq]

Finally found it on the second half of Making a macro - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft

/stopmacro [nodead]
/stopmacro [exists]
/stopmacro [noharm]
/target [target=FocusTarget]

-- edit 1: added /stopmacro [noharm] --

[Ualaa]

If you have a target, which is not dead, the macro ends.
IE, you have sticky targeting, for a living opponent.

If you don't have a target or if your target is dead, the first line fails.
And you target whatever your focus has targeted.

Not positive if you can place [nodead] as a condition for stopmacro.
But if you can, this should get you what you asked for.

[wladq]

Thank you, Ualaa, for setting me on the right track. Im reading up un LUA trying to remember what i learned 7 or 8 years ago, never thought it would be useful in a game!

[wladq]

Since i want to add the dps combo after the above-mentioned macro, could i write it like this... ?

/target [dead,noexists,noharm] focustarget
/cast ....

first line would read as 'if dead or not exists or not harm then change target to focustarget'

[Ualaa]

I believe when you place multiple conditions, they all have to be true.
As in: if A -and- B -and- C, then.

You'll probably want to set up sticky targeting.
Where the DPS doesn't leave a living enemy, unless you manually press your assist key.
But if the target is dead, or you don't have a target, then they auto switch to the Focus's Target.

I personally don't bother with sticky targeting.
But I see the strength, in allowing your tank to switch to an add, while the group continues to burn down the initial target.